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Medical residents have a grueling job, typically working 60 to 80 hours a week. Now, early-career doctors at several California hospitals are forming unions as they press for better pay and working conditions.
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Over 1,000 locations across the country have shortages of primary care doctors. A recent report says that includes parts of Siskiyou County.
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Patient advocates have long alleged the Medical Board of California is ineffective at policing doctors. But a proposal to beef up its budget and overhaul procedures faces stiff resistance from the doctors' lobby.
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The recent on-the-job deaths of a Portland hospital security guard and a Gresham mental health aide have put a fresh spotlight on the violence that many working in health care experience routinely.
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A new California law meant to discipline doctors who give patients false information about covid-19 is now in legal limbo after two federal judges issued conflicting rulings in recent lawsuits.